Former Ninth Circuit Judge Robert Boochever Dead at 94

Former Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Boochever died at his home in Pasadena, Calif. on Sunday. He was 94.

During his legal career, Boochever practiced law in Alaska before it was a state, and eventually served three years as Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court.

As Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, Boochever wrote a now-famous opinion in Aguchak v. Montgomery Ward Co., which limited a creditor's ability to collect a debt against a resident of the Alaska Bush by filing a case in a distant Alaska court. The case is frequently taught in law schools, according to the Juneau Empire.

President Jimmy Carter appointed Boochever to the Ninth Circuit in 1980, but Boochever transitioned to semi-retired senior status in 1986 at age 69.

Celebrities, in particular are likely to have been affected by Boochever's judicial career; he wrote several famous right of publicityopinions while on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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